Robert Dix

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Robert "Bob" Dix (born May 8, 1935 in Los Angeles , California - † August 6, 2018 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American actor and screenwriter .

Life

Dix was the son of the Oscar -nominated actor Richard Dix was born and spent his childhood in Beverly Hills and on the family ranch in Malibu . In his youth he made his first own money by supplying groceries to James Stewart , Jimmy Durante and Robert Cummings, among others . His father died in 1949 at the age of 56 from complications from a heart attack ; his twin brother Robert Jr. was killed in an accident four years later. His mother married the entrepreneur Walter Van De Kamp for the second time.

Dix studied acting in New York City and received a film contract from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the age of 18 . From 1954 he was seen in numerous MGM productions, but initially in small supporting roles not mentioned in the credits. His first credit came in 1955 in The King's Thief , alongside David Niven and Roger Moore, among others . In 1956 he played the role of crew member Gray in the classic science fiction film Alarm im Outer Space . However, his contract was dissolved shortly afterwards by the studio, whereupon Dix sought and received engagements in television. Between the late 1950s and early 1960s he guest starred in the series Mike Hammer , West of Santa Fé , Smoking Colts and A Thousand Miles of Dust, among others .

In 1957 he turned to the side of Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan in by 20th Century Fox produced Western Forty Guns to Chico Bonell is. He then received no further commitment from major movie studios, after which he joined the B-movie turned. Between 1968 and 1970 he appeared in a dozen films, including starring alongside John Carradine in Dracula and his victims , and alongside Bruce Dern , Jack Nicholson and Harry Dean Stanton in Rebel Riders . He often worked under the low budget film director Al Adamson during this time . In 1969 he played the leading role in the western Five Bloody Graves , for which he himself wrote the script. A second screenplay was made into a film by Ken Osborne in 1972 , the drama The Ballad of Billie Blue . Dix got another film role rather by chance when he met Roger Moore in New Orleans , whom he knew from his time at MGM. Moore, who shot James Bond 007 - Live and Let Die there , gave Dix a small role as an FBI agent. Dix had his last role as Roger Frankenstein in The Last Frankenstein , a crowdfunded , low-budget film.

Dix died of complications from respiratory failure in a Tucson hospital in August 2018 at the age of 83 . He left behind his wife and two children.

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  1. ↑ a b c d Robert Dix, Actor in 'Forbidden Planet' and 'Forty Guns,' Dies at 83 , The Hollywood Reporter (English)
personal data
SURNAME Dix, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dix, Bob (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 2018
Place of death Tucson , Arizona , United States